2. Free; clear; devoid; — often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton. I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.
3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak. When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21.
4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; — said of language; as, empty words, or threats. Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.
5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; — said of pleasure, the world, etc. Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.
6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; — said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 27.
7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.
8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.
Note: Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty- handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling.
Syn.— See Vacant.
EMPTYEmp"ty, n.; pl. Empties (.
Defn: An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; — used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."
EMPTYEmp"ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied; p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.]
Defn: To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.
EMPTYEmp"ty, v. i.
1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.
2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson.
EMPTYINGEmp"ty*ing, n.
1. The act of making empty. Shak.
2. pl.
Defn: The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]
EMPUGNEm*pugn", v. t. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Impugn.
EMPURPLEEm*pur"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled; p. pr. & vb. n.Empurpling.] Etym: [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.]
Defn: To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.
EMPUSEEm*puse", n. Etym: [LL. empusa, Gr.
Defn: A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
EMPUZZLEEm*puz"zle, v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + puzzle.]
Defn: To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.
EMPYEMAEm`py*e"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison.
Note: The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.
EMPYESISEm`py*e"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An eruption of pustules.
EMPYREALEm*pyr"e*al, a. Etym: [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. In, andFire.]
Defn: Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aërial substance;pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope.Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
EMPYREALEm*pyr"e*al, n.
Defn: Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.
EMPYREANEm`py*re"an, n. Etym: [See Empyreal.]
Defn: The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist. The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton.
EMPYREANEm`py*re"an, a.
Defn: Empyreal. Akenside.
EMPYREUMAEm`py*reu"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. empyreume. See Empyreal.](Chem.)
Defn: The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
EMPYREUMATIC; EMPYREUMATICAL Em`py*reu*mat"ic, Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. empyreumatique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.
EMPYREUMATIZEEm`py*reu"ma*tize, v. t.
Defn: To render empyreumatic. [R.]
EMPYRICALEm*pyr"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Empyreal.]
Defn: Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.
EMPYROSISEm"py*ro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
EMRODSEm"rods, n. pl.
Defn: See Emerods. [Obs.]
EMUE"mu, n. Etym: [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. émou, émeu, emu.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novæ- Hollandiæ and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.]
Note: The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.
EMULABLEEm"u*la*ble, a. Etym: [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.]
Defn: Capable of being emulated. [R.]Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.
EMULATE Em"u*late, a. Etym: [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.]
Defn: Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.
EMULATEEm"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating.]
Defn: To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.
EMULATIONEm`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. aemulatio: cf. F. émulation.]
1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.
2. Jea Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.
Syn. — Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. — Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. "Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it." Crabb.
EMULATIVEEm"u*la*tive, a.
Defn: Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. "Emulative zeal." Hoole.
EMULATIVELYEm"u*la*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In an emulative manner; with emulation.
EMULATOREm"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L. aemulator.]
Defn: One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp.Warburton.
EMULATORYEm"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.]"Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.
EMULATRESSEm"u*la`tress, n.
Defn: A female emulator. [R.]
EMULEEm"ule, v. t. Etym: [F. émuler. See Emulate.]
Defn: To emulate. [Obs.] "Emuled of many." Spenser.
EMULGE E*mulge", v. t. Etym: [L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See Milk.]
Defn: To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.
EMULGENT E*mul"gent, a. Etym: [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. émulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. — n.
Defn: An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.
EMULGENTE*mul"gent, n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.
EMULOUSEm"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]
1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; — with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.
2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson. Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.
EMULOUSLYEm"u*lous*ly, adv.
Defn: In an emulous manner.
EMULOUSNESSEm"u*lous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being emulous.
EMULSICE*mul"sic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.Hoblyn.
EMULSIFYE*mul"si*fy, v. t. Etym: [Emulsion + -fy.]
Defn: To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.
EMULSIN E*mul"sin, n. Etym: [See Emulsion, Emulge.] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
EMULSIONE*mul"sion, n. Etym: [From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. émulsion. SeeEmulge.]
Defn: Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
EMULSIVEE*mul"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. émulsif.]
1. Softening; milklike.
2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.
3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.
EMUNCTORY E*munc"to*ry, n.; pl. Emunctories. Etym: [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. émonctoire, formerly spelled also émonctoire.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
EMUSCATION Em`us*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.]
Defn: A freeing from moss. [Obs.]
EMU WRENE"mu wren`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
EMYDE"myd, n.; pl. E. Emyds, E. Emyd. Etym: [See Emydea.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ.
EMYDEA E*myd"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh- water tortoises and terrapins.
EN-En-.
1. Etym: [F. en-, L. in.]
Defn: A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.
2. A prefix from Gr. in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.
-EN -en.
1. A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.
2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.
3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.
4. Etym: [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr.
Defn: An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.
5. Etym: [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.]
Defn: The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.
ENEn, n. (Print.)
Defn: Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
ENABLEEn*a"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling.]
1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12. Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.
2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow. Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.
ENABLEMENTEn*a"ble*ment, n.
Defn: The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability.Bacon.
ENACTEn*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]
1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.
2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.] The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak.
3. To act the part of; to represent; to play. I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak. Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.
ENACTEn*act", n.
Defn: Purpose; determination. [Obs.]
ENACTIVEEn*act"ive, a.
Defn: Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.
ENACTMENTEn*act"ment, n.
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.
2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.
ENACTOREn*act"or, n.
Defn: One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law.Atterbury.
ENACTUREEn*ac"ture, n.
Defn: Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.
ENALIOSAUREn*al"i*o*saur`, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: One of the Enaliosauria.
ENALIOSAURIAEn*al`i*o*sau"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both theIchthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.
ENALIOSAURIANEn*al`i*o*sau"ri*an, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Pertaining to the Enaliosauria.— n.
Defn: One of the Enaliosauria.
ENALLAGEE*nal"la*ge, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.)
Defn: A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.
ENAMBUSHEn*am"bush, v. t.
Defn: To ambush. [Obs.]
ENAMELEn*am"el, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]
1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
2. (Min.)
Defn: A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
4. (Anat.)
Defn: The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. — Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.
ENAMELEn*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Enameling or Enamelling.]
1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.
3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
ENAMELEn*am"el, v. i.
Defn: To practice the art of enameling.
ENAMELEn*am"el, a.
Defn: Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting.Tomlinson.
ENAMELAREn*am"el*ar, a.
Defn: Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.]Craig.
ENAMELEDEn*am"eled, a.
Defn: Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]
ENAMELER; ENAMELISTEn*am"el*er, En*am"el*ist, n.
Defn: One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]
ENAMOREn*am"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enamored; p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.]Etym: [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amourlove, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.]
Defn: To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; — with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.] Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving.
ENAMORMENTEn*am"or*ment, n.
Defn: The state of being enamored. [R.]
ENANTIOMORPHOUSE*nan`ti*o*mor"phous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; — said of certain hemihedral crystals.
ENANTIOPATHICE*nan`ti*o*path"ic, a. (Med.)
Defn: Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.
ENANTIOPATHYE*nan`ti*op"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Allopathy; — a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.
ENANTIOSISE*nan`ti*o"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.
ENARCHEn**arch", v. t.
Defn: To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.
ENARCHEDEn*arched", a. (Her.)
Defn: Bent into a curve; — said of a bend or other ordinary.
ENARGITEEn*ar"gite, n. (Min.)
Defn: An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.
ENARMEDEn*armed", a. (Her.)
Defn: Same as Armed, 3.
ENARRATIONEn`ar*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. enarratio. See Narration.]
Defn: A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill.
ENARTHRODIAEn`ar*thro"di*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Arthrodia.] (Anat.)
Defn: See Enarthrosis.— En`ar*thro"di*al, a.
ENARTHROSISEn`ar*thro"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.
ENASCENT E*nas"cent, a. Etym: [L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.]
Defn: Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.
ENATATIONE`na*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.]
Defn: A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.
ENATEE*nate", a. Etym: [L. enatus, p. p. of enasci. See Enascent.]
Defn: Growing out.
ENATIONE*na"tion, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.
ENAUNTERE*naun"ter, adv. Etym: [Pref. en- + aunter.]
Defn: Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.
ENAVIGATEE*nav"i*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.]
Defn: To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.
ENBATTLEDEn*bat"tled, a.
Defn: Embattled. [Obs.]
ENBIBEEn*bibe", v. t.
Defn: To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.
EN BLOCEn` bloc". [F. Cf. Block, n. ]
Defn: In a lump; as a whole; all together. "Movement of the ossicles en bloc." Nature.
En bloc they are known as "the herd".W. A. Fraser.
ENBROUDEEn*broud"e, v. t.
Defn: See Embroude.
ENCAENIAEn*cæ"ni*a, n. pl.
Defn: = Encenia.
ENCAGEEn*cage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.]Etym: [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
Defn: To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.
ENCALENDAREn*cal"en*dar, v. t.
Defn: To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton.
ENCAMPEn*camp", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.]
Defn: To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling. The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.
ENCAMPEn*camp", v. t.
Defn: To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, orquarters.Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.
ENCAMPMENTEn*camp"ment, n.
1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.
2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.
ENCANKEREn*can"ker, v. t.
Defn: To canker. [Obs.]
ENCAPSULATIONEn*cap`su*la"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Defn: The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.
ENCARNALIZEEn*car"nal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits."Tennyson.
ENCARPUSEn*car"pus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. encarpa, pl., Gr. (Arch.)
Defn: An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]
ENCASEEn*case", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Enchase.]
Defn: To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.
ENCASEMENTEn*case"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. Casement.]
1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: An old theory of generation similar to emboOvulist.
ENCASHEn*cash", v. t. (Eng. Banking)
Defn: To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
ENCASHMENTEn*cash"ment, n. (Eng. Banking)
Defn: The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
ENCAUMAEn*cau"ma, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. Encaustic.] (Med.)
Defn: An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.
ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, a. Etym: [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts)
Defn: Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. — Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.
ENCAUSTIC En*caus"tic, n. Etym: [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.]
Defn: The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.
ENCAVEEn*cave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf.Incavated.]
Defn: To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.
-ENCE -ence. Etym: [F. -ence, L. -entia.]
Defn: A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.
ENCEINTE En`ceinte", n. Etym: [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; — called also body of the place.
2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification. The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams.
ENCEINTE En`ceinte", a. Etym: [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.]
Defn: Pregnant; with child.
ENCENIAEn*ce"ni*a, n. pl. Etym: [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr.
Defn: A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.
ENCENSE En*cense", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.]
Defn: To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCEPHALICEn`ce*phal"ic, a. Etym: [See Encephalon.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.
ENCEPHALITISEn*ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the brain.— En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.
ENCEPHALOCELEEn*ceph"a*lo*cele, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Hernia of the brain.
ENCEPHALOIDEn*ceph"a*loid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.]
Defn: Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.
ENCEPHALOIDEn*ceph"a*loid, n.
Defn: An encephaloid cancer.
ENCEPHALOLOGYEn*ceph`a*lol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.
ENCEPHALONEn*ceph"a*lon, n. Etym: [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.)
Defn: The contents of the cranium; the brain.
ENCEPHALOPATHYEn*ceph`a*lop"a*thy, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.
ENCEPHALOSEn*ceph"a*los, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The encephalon.In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age.Sir W. Hamilton.
ENCEPHALOTOMYEn*ceph`a*lot"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The act or art of dissecting the brain.
ENCEPHALOUSEn*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a head; — said of most Mollusca; — opposed to acephalous.
ENCHAFEEn*chafe", v. t.
Defn: To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.
ENCHAFINGEn*chaf"ing, n.
Defn: Heating; burning. [Obs.]The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer.
ENCHAINEn*chain", v. t. Etym: [F. enchaîner; pref. en- (L. in) chaîne chain.See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.]
1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.
2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.
3. To link together; to connect. Howell.
ENCHAINMENTEn*chain"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchaînement.]
Defn: The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
ENCHAIREn*chair", v. t.
Defn: To seat in a chair. Tennyson.
ENCHANNELEn*chan"nel, v. t.
Defn: To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D.Brewster.
ENCHANT En*chant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] Etym: [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]
1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.
2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. Sir P. Sidney.
Syn.— To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.
ENCHANTEDEn*chant"ed, a.
Defn: Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.
ENCHANTEREn*chant"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteur.]
Defn: One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.
ENCHANTINGEn*chant"ing, a.
Defn: Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating.— En*chant"ing*ly, adv.
ENCHANTMENTEn*chant"ment, n. Etym: [F. enchantement.]
1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.
2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.
3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.
Syn. — Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.
ENCHANTRESSEn*chant"ress, n. Etym: [Cf. F. enchanteresse.]
Defn: A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.
ENCHARGEEn*charge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged; p. pr. & vb. n.Encharging.] Etym: [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) +F. charger. See Charge.]
Defn: To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.
ENCHARGEEn*charge", n.
Defn: A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.
ENCHASE En*chase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchased; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] Etym: [F. enchâsser; pref. en- (L. in) + châsse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.]
1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.
2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case. With golden letters . . . well enchased. Spenser.
3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.] All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser.
ENCHASEREn*chas"er, n.
Defn: One who enchases.
ENCHASTENEn*chas"ten, v. t.
Defn: To chasten. [Obs.]
ENCHESON; ENCHEASON En*che"son, En*chea"son, n. Etym: [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.]
Defn: Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCHESTEn*chest", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Inchest.]
Defn: To inclose in a chest. Vicars.
ENCHIRIDIONEn`chi*rid"i*on, n. Etym: [L., from Gr.
Defn: Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.
ENCHISELEn*chis"el, v. t.
Defn: To cut with a chisel.
ENCHODUSEn"cho*dus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; — so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).
ENCHONDROMAEn`chon*dro"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.Quain.
ENCHORIAL; ENCHORICEn*cho"ri*al, En*chor"ic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; — said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.
ENCHYLEMMAEn`chy*lem"ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.
ENCHYMAEn"chy*ma, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.
ENCINCTUREEn*cinc"ture, n.
Defn: A cincture. [Poetic]The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.
ENCINDEREDEn*cin"dered, a.
Defn: Burnt to cinders. [R.]
ENCIRCLEEn*cir"cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n.Encircling.] Etym: [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.]
Defn: To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; tosurround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled thecity.Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.
Syn.— To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
ENCIRCLETEn*cir"clet, n. Etym: [Encircle + -let.]
Defn: A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
ENCLASPEn*clasp", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.]
Defn: To clasp. See Inclasp.
ENCLAVEEn*clave", n. Etym: [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]
Defn: A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]
ENCLAVEEn*clave", v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. enclaver.]
Defn: To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
ENCLAVEMENTEn*clave"ment, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The state of being an enclave. [Recent]
ENCLITIC; ENCLITICAL En*clit"ic, En*clit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. encliticus, Gr. In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.)
Defn: Affixed; subjoined; — said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.
ENCLITICEn*clit"ic, n. (Gram.)
Defn: A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).
ENCLITICALLYEn*clit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.
ENCLITICSEn*clit"ics, n. (Gram.)
Defn: The art of declining and conjugating words.
ENCLOISTEREn*clois"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incloister.]
Defn: To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.
ENCLOSE En*close", v. t. Etym: [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.]
Defn: To inclose. See Inclose.
ENCLOSUREEn*clo"sure, n.
Defn: Inclosure. See Inclosure.
Note: The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.
ENCLOTHEEn*clothe", v. t.
Defn: To clothe.
ENCLOUDEn*cloud", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incloud.]
Defn: To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.
ENCOACHEn*coach", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Incoach.]
Defn: To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)
ENCOFFINEn*cof"fin, v. t.
Defn: To put in a coffin. [R.]
ENCOLDENEn*cold"en, v. t.
Defn: To render cold. [Obs.]
ENCOLLAREn*col"lar, v. t.
Defn: To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]
ENCOLOREn*col"or, v. t.
Defn: To color. [R.]
ENCOLUREEn`co`lure", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: The neck of horse. R. Browning.
ENCOMBEREn*com"ber, v. t.
Defn: See Encumber. [Obs.]
ENCOMBERMENTEn*com"ber*ment, n. Etym: [See Encumberment.]
Defn: Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.
ENCOMIASTEn*co"mi*ast, n. Etym: [Gr. encomiaste. See Encomium.]
Defn: One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.
ENCOMIASTIC; ENCOMIASTICALEn*co`mi*as"tic, En*co`mi*as"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. — En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
ENCOMIASTICEn*co`mi*as"tic, n.
Defn: A panegyric. B. Jonson.
ENCOMIONEn*co"mi*on, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
ENCOMIUMEn*co"mi*um, n.; pl. Encomiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Comedy.]
Defn: Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.
Syn.— See Eulogy.
ENCOMPASSEn*com"pass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p. pr. & vb. n.Encompassing.]
Defn: To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak. A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith. The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.
Syn. — To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.
ENCOMPASSMENTEn*com"pass*ment, n.
Defn: The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded;circumvention.By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.
ENCOREEn`core", adv. or interj. Etym: [F. The last part of the word is fr.L. hora hour. See Hour.]
Defn: Once more; again; — used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.
ENCOREEn`core", n.
Defn: A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
ENCOREEn`core", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encored; p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.]
Defn: To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore asong or a singer.[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray.
ENCORPORINGEn*cor"po*ring, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + L. corpus body.]
Defn: Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ENCOUBERT En`cou`bert", n. Etym: [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus andEuphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.
ENCOUNTEREn*coun"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encountered; p. pr. & vb. n.Encountering.] Etym: [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contreagainst, L. contra. See Counter, adv.]
Defn: To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. Shak.
ENCOUNTEREn*coun"ter, v. i.
Defn: To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. I will encounter with Andronicus. Shak. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. Tatham.
ENCOUNTER En*coun"ter, n. Etym: [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.]
1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope.
2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. Spenser. To join their dark encounter in mid-air. Milton .
Syn. — Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See Contest.
ENCOUNTEREREn*coun"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.
ENCOURAGE En*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] Etym: [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.]
Defn: To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; — the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.
Syn. — To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.
ENCOURAGEMENTEn*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encouragement.]
1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.
2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people. To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron.
ENCOURAGEREn*cour"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
ENCOURAGINGEn*cour"a*ging, a.
Defn: Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.— En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
ENCOWLEn*cowl", v. t.
Defn: To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.
ENCRADLEEn*cra"dle, v. t.
Defn: To lay in a cradle.
ENCRATITEEn"cra*tite, n. Etym: [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; — called also Continent.
ENCREASEEn*crease", v. t. &
Defn: i. [Obs.] See Increase.
ENCRIMSONEn*crim"son, v. t.
Defn: To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. Shak.
ENCRINIC; ENCRINAL; ENCRINITALEn*crin"ic, En*cri"nal, En*crin"i*tal, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.
ENCRINITEEn"cri*nite, n. Etym: [Gr. encrinite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
ENCRINITIC; ENCRINITICALEn`cri*nit"ic, En`cri*nit"ic*al, a. (Paleon.)
Defn: Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.
ENCRINOIDEAEn`cri*noid"e*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Encrinus and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; — also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.
ENCRINUSEn"cri*nus, n.; pl. Encrini. Etym: [NL. See Encrinite.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.
ENCRISPEDEn*crisped", a.
Defn: Curled. [Obs.] Skelton.
ENCROACH En*croach", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached; p. pr. & vb. n. Encroaching.] Etym: [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L. in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.]
Defn: To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; — commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway. No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South. Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.
Syn.— To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.
ENCROACHEn*croach", n.
Defn: Encroachment. [Obs.] South.
ENCROACHEREn*croach"er, n.
Defn: One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.
ENCROACHINGLYEn*croach"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By way of encroachment.
ENCROACHMENTEn*croach"ment, n.
1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion. An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.
2. That which is taken by encroaching on another.
3. (Law)
Defn: An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.
ENCRUSTEn*crust", v. t.
Defn: To incrust. See Incrust.
ENCRUSTMENTEn*crust"ment, n.
Defn: That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor.
ENCUMBEREn*cum"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encumbered; p. pr. & vb. n.Encumbering.] Etym: [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer tohinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.] [Written also incumber.]
1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning. Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.
2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages.
Syn. — To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.
ENCUMBERMENTEn*cum"ber*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encombrement.]
Defn: Encumbrance. [R.]
ENCUMBRANCEEn*cum"brance, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. encombrance. Cf. Incumbrance.]
1. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.
2. (Law)
Defn: Same as Incumbrance.
Syn.— Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.
ENCUMBRANCEREn*cum"bran*cer, n. (Law)
Defn: Same as Incumbrancer.
ENCURTAINEn*cur"tain, v. t.
Defn: To inclose with curtains.
-ENCY -en*cy. Etym: [L. -entia.]
Defn: A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.
ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICAL En*cyc"lic, En*cyc"li*cal, a. Etym: [L. encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. encyclique. See Cycle.]
Defn: Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
ENCYCLIC; ENCYCLICALEn*cyc"lic, En*cyc"li*cal, n.
Defn: An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. Shipley.
ENCYCLOPEDIA; ENCYCLOPAEDIA En*cy`clo*pe"di*a, En*cy`clo*pæ"di*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. encyclopédie. See Cyclopedia, and Encyclical.] [Formerly written encyclopædy and encyclopedy.]
Defn: The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.
ENCYCLOPEDIACALEn*cy`clo*pe*di"a*cal, a.
Defn: Encyclopedic.
ENCYCLOPEDIANEn*cy`clo*pe"di*an, a.
Defn: Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL En*cy`clo*ped"ic, En*cy`clo*ped"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. encyclopédique.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
ENCYCLOPEDISMEn*cy`clo*pe"dism, n.
Defn: The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
ENCYCLOPEDISTEn*cy`clo*pe"dist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. encyclopédiste.]
Defn: The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were Diderot and D'Alembert. Among the contributors were Voltaire and Rousseau.
ENCYSTEn*cyst", v. t.
Defn: To inclose in a cyst.
ENCYSTATIONEn`cys*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Encystment.
ENCYSTEDEn*cyst"ed, a.
Defn: Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, anencysted tumor.The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang.Coleridge.
ENCYSTMENTEn*cyst"ment, n.
1. (Biol.)
Defn: A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
Note: The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.
ENDEnd, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG.enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. ände, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis,Skr. anta. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]
1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; — opposed to Ant: beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Eccl. vii. 8.
2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. My guilt be on my head, and there an end. Shak. O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak.
3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. Pope. Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak. I shall see an end of him. Shak.
4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. Losing her, the end of living lose. Dryden. When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. Coleridge.